As if learning the craft of writing a novel isn't difficult enough, after it's finished you'll need to edit it. If you're going to be traditionally published, you'll probably work with an editing staff to make your work marketable. But before it gets to that point, you have to get it past the slush pile … Continue reading 13 Resources to Make Editing Your Novel Easier

Maybe it seems a little early to start thinking about doing your taxes, but it's been my experience that the sooner you get on it, the less stressful it can be. Thankfully there are people and web sites out there to help us slot all those numbers in the correct places on the correct forms … Continue reading 7 Links To Help Every Writer With Taxes

Welcome to Toolbox Saturday where you'll find tools for various things from writing to whatever. There are times in every writer's life when ideas will come flooding in -- but not for the story you're working on. You don't want to forget those little gems because they would be great in another story, yet they're … Continue reading When the Ideas Come

There's a lot of conversation around the Top 100's in Kindle sales and it's mostly surrounding mainstream authors. I was curious about the Top 100's in Christian Sci-Fi and Fantasy, so I took a peek. Here's what I found. Top 11 Christian Sci-Fi and Fantasy The first seven books listed in Top 100 Paid were … Continue reading Christian Fiction Indie Authors Successful In Kindle Top 100

“People forget what you say, but they remember how you made them feel”--Warren Beatty Caring for others, wanting to help our fellow humans, comes rather naturally for highly sensitive people, so why shouldn't promoting ourselves and our products be just as natural? Most likely because we're thinking of "selling" rather than "marketing." Sell: to persuade or induce (someone) to buy something: The salesman sold me on a more expensive model … Continue reading Marketing Monday: Self-Promotion HSP-style

The road to publication is filled with pain and tears... bloodshed... mayhem.... I'm being melodramatic here. Of course, that could just be that I've recently read several posts about how painful the publication process can be and how difficult it is to write good fiction. Here's a small sampling: "This is literally years of work you're seeing. … Continue reading 4 Links To Overcome Publishing Despair